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Midnite Sun

Green Mt Shasta, CA

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical520 ft
Length3,974 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesS
Top6,155 ft

Midnite Sun drops 520 vertical feet over 3,974 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 3,860 feet below the top. That's steeper than 65% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 34 named runs at Mt Shasta. It faces south.

How well Midnite Sun holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 8°, Midnite Sun gets about 117% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Shasta does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th sunniest named run at Mt Shasta. Its top sits at 6,150 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Midnite Sun profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Midnite Sun elsewhere

Nearby at Mt Shasta

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.